Are you sitting down? I've got some news. You should probably just grab a seat.     In July, I will be moving to Nashville, Tenn. Stop it. Please. Don't cry. It's not you. It's me. You're an angel, a snowflake. You're gonna make someone very happy one day. I'm going to miss you at least as much as you miss me. Probably more. Are we OK? You're composed? It's all good? Good. You know what I'm gonna miss more than you? Harlow's. Yeah, Harlow's. The nightclub.     ‘Cause it's awesome? To say that I like Harlow's would be a gross understatement. I used to get my mail sent to Harlow's. A little more than a year ago I went to my first show at the venerable J Street m

Five bucks. It sure doesn't go as far as it used to. What follows is a short list of things that you can purchase for $5: 1.25 gallons of gas 1.33 gallons of milk 3.875 songs on iTunes 2.86 tacos from Chando’s or 4 from Lalo's (Lalo's are better anyways) 1 foreign or microbrew at Streets of London, if it's happy hour A large white mocha or caramel macchiato or pumpkin latte or whatever the hell the kids are drinking these days .8333 $5 foot-longs from Subway ($5 foot-longs actually cost $6. It's tough all over.) A Sunday Chronicle and a bagel with butter (maybe) 3 pictures of this chick with the slogan of your choice written on her face 1 picture of that same slogan on a piece

The first time a band plays a gig in a new town can be a dicey proposition.  It often takes a show, or three, for a band to build up the fanbase that they deserve.  That first inroad into uncharted territory often results in half-filled venues without much intrinsic energy. Thursday night, Harlow's hosted not one but two bands making their first ever Sacramento appearances: Duluth, Minnesota's Trampled by Turtles and Nashville, Tennessee's The Apache Relay.  If you didn't know any better, you might have assumed that both bands had been playing here for years. The venue, owing in large part to recent triumphant appearances by TBT at High Sierra and Coachella, and in very small part to t

High Sierra Music Festival 2010 was one of the highlights of my young life, and one of the highlights of High Sierra Music Festival 2010 was Trampled by Turtles. So, by the transitive property, Trampled by Turtles effin rock, and you'd be a fool not to check out the Minnesota thrashgrass maestros when they visit Harlow's Thursday night.  "Yes, you in the back, in the "Beck" t-shirt?" "It's Billy. What, the Hell, is Minnesota thrashgrass?" "Well, Billy, I'm glad you asked. Minnesota thrashgrass is bluegrass, as played by the AK47-weilding future viking straddling the space unicorn on the side of this van." "Could you extrapolate on that a bit?" "Sure can Billy! TBT are a classic five

“Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the situation on the field: This is what a fan loves most about the game.” –Edward Abbey First off, let me get this out of the way: Your Sacramento River Cats continued Sactown's ownage of all things Anaheim with Tuesday night's 2-0 victory over the Salt Lake Bees, the AAA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of that town in Orange County that tried to steal the Kings. Anthony "Home" Recker, who extended his hitting streak to seven games with a second inning double, had a hand in both River Cats runs. After Adrian Cardenas led off the home half